What does 'Administrative Office(s)' refer to in the context of a Deer Solution business?
Deer_Solution Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Supplementing the terms and definitions contained in the Recitals and Representations:
"Administrative Office(s)" refers to and means the fixed administrative offices and/or facilities from which Deer Solution Businesses are established, operated, and managed.
"Approved Services and Products" shall have the meaning defined in the "Recitals" section of this Agreement and shall further refer to and mean those products and services that we authorize for sale by Deer Solution Businesses. We shall exclusively designate and determine the Approved Services and Products and we, in our Reasonable Business Judgment, may change, modify, reduce, or supplement the Approved Services and Products that must be offered and sold by the Franchised Business and those products and services that may not be sold by the Franchised Business. The Operations Manual, subject to changes that we may make from time to time and our right to change and modify the Approved Services and Products, shall designate the Approved Services and Products that must be offered and sold by the Franchised Business. The Franchised Business may only offer and sell the Approved Services and Products.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 55–246)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Deer Solution's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the 'Administrative Office(s)' refers to the fixed administrative offices and/or facilities from which Deer Solution businesses are established, operated, and managed. The franchisee's administrative office is the specific location from which the franchisee manages their franchised Deer Solution business.
This office must be located within the franchisee's operating territory. The franchised Deer Solution business must be operated from an approved administrative office within this territory.
If a franchisee transfers their Deer Solution business and an authorized transferee continues to operate the business at the same administrative office, the franchisee is responsible for modifying the office to de-identify it from its former appearance as a Deer Solution business, unless the authorized transferee continues to operate the Deer Solution Business at that location. This includes removing distinctive signs, trade dress, and emblems associated with the Deer Solution system to prevent public confusion. The franchisor has the right to enter the premises to make these alterations at the franchisee's expense if the franchisee fails to do so in a timely manner.